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E. T. PBARSON.

` PILE HOLDER.' No. 282,360. Y YPalaenfed July 31, 1883.

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EDWARD T. PEARSON, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

FIILEQHQLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 282,360, dated July 31, 1883.

v Application filed April 2, 1853. (No model.)

To all whom 1lb may concern.-

Be it known'that I, EDWARD T. PnARsoN, a citizen of Great Britain, residing at Wash: ington city,` District of Columbia, have in.- vented certain new and useful Improvements in File-Holders, of which the following is a` `vention.

Figure 1 is a perspective elevation of my improved iileholder; Fig. 2, a detail ofone of the side bars and the locking-levers, partly in section; Fig.` 3, a cross-section of one of the side bars, showing one end of the locking-le ver in its unlocked position; and Fig. 4 is a detail view, showing the construction of the hook D.

A is the front, and B the bottom, of the le, and these parts are preferably made of wood and secured together at a right angle, asshown.

C C are the side rails or bars, and their shorter ends are secured by a screw to the front A, while the longer ends are provided with hooks D, which extend through the bottom B, and these ends of the bars C are secured to the bottom by a rivet, d. Theunder side of these side bars is corrugated or slightly serrated, as indicated by the letter c,- and c" is a notch which thelocking-lever engages, so as to allow it to be tilted back.

E is the locking-lever, and it has an upward extension, e, which is provided with two-laterally-proj ecting arms, by means of which it is secured to the` follower F by means of the staples d. The opposite ends of this lockinglevr are fork-shaped, so as to partially encompass the side bars, C C, the nger e being hooked around the top of the bar, while the lower finger, e2, passes underneath, and its face `engages with the serrations c on one of the bars G.- This lever is placed in position before the side bars are secured by riveting them to bottom B, as when they are in place the lever is secured upon them, and it is impossible to remove it from the holder.

In operation the lever E is caught by the extension or handle efand drawn back so that the ngers e2 engage the recesses c. The holder is then opento its full extent, and the files, jackets, or papers are placed in the holder in the ordinary manner. The lever .E is then pushed up against the les, so as to slightly compress them, and the hand removed. The expansion of the files presses the follower back, and this pressure is communicated to the extension@ of the lever E, which throws upper end of the extension back, so as to cant77 the lever and cause the fingers ef to engage the `serrations c, while at the same time theufinger'sef, bind on the top of the bars and securely lockthe follower and lever in position. To release the same it is only necessary to p'ress the upper end of thefiollower in with the thumb, which restores the locking, fingers to a vertical position, as shown in de tail, Fig. 3, which releases them from the side bars, and the said follower may then be drawn back, so as to open the holder to its full extent, as first indicated. The le-holder slides on the bottom B in any suitable case, and the front A is then in a vertical `posi` tion, and said front is provided with a ringbr handle for manipulation. Whenrthe holder is withdrawn, the hooks D in the bottoni engage with a rod running across the face of the case, and the holder then drops down into the position shown in Fig. l; or it may be raised, so as to detach the hook D from the rod above mentioned, and the holder removed from the case.

Having thus fully described my invention,

l what I claim as new and useful, and desire to .secure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1S

1. In a file-holder, the side bar, C, and hook D, made integral therewith, as set forth.

2. In a file-holdenthe `base B and front A, provided with side bars, C C, in combination roo with the lever E, having` handleI e and fingers 5. The combination7 with the Side bars, C, e and e2, as set forth. v provided with notches o', 'of the lever E, hav- 3. In a file-holder7 the front A and base 13,. ing` handle e and lingers e and e2, as set forth.

the latter provided with the side bars, C C, In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 15 5 having serrations c, in combination with the presence of tWo Witnesses.

lever E, having` handle e and lingers e and e2, as Set forth. EDWARD THOMAS PEARSON.

4. Inafile-holder, the lever E, having handle ke, secured to the follower F, and provided with VtnesSes: 1o fingers e and e2, in combination with the side E. H. BRADFORD,

bars, C C, as set forth. H. J. ENNIS. 

